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We the People and the Emergence of Social Enterprises
The intense public anger against SOPA and PIPA last week and how it browbeat a determined government to shelve it for the time being is an eye opener about the… Read more
In Defence of Freedom of the Net
On January 18 2012, when the world tried to log into its favourite online encyclopaedia, they saw a black screen with the site’s logo and a message: Imagine a world without… Read more
SOPA Vote Put Off for Now, but what Happens the Day Atlas Really Shrugs
In my high school days, I read a book called Atlas Shrugged. Ayn Rand’s bestseller, which, for some time, made me a rebel without a cause. Just like many others…. Read more
SOPA and PIPA: An Attempted Colonization of the Internet
Some 500 years ago, education was considered a luxury and was controlled by a few elite groups, who held their grip over the expensive enterprise of handwritten manuscript production and… Read more
Netizens of the World Unite, You Have Nothing to Lose but Your Voice
The three mantras of the Great Bolshevik Revolution in Russia were “Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood”. Beautiful words which perhaps encapsulates everything that’s good about the human race. Since then, we have… Read more
Of Android and Social Good: Why Gosling Quit Oracle to Join Google
It is a known fact that the heart of Android is Dalvic Virtual Machine or DVM. Now, there is a story about James Gosling, the co-founder of Sun Microsystems and… Read more
Android Money is Not for Google Only
Literally it means “a robot having a human flesh-like body and appearing like a homo-sapiens”. And actually it means an operating system whose rate of adoption has been at least… Read more
2011: An Outstanding Year in Science
The year 2011 was one of outstanding scientific achievements. The possible discovery of an Earth-like planet to particles traveling faster than light, 2011 had many more outstanding breakthroughs. Kaniska Mandal… Read more
How Samsung Zoomed into Next Galaxy and How the Apple is Falling
About two months back I decided to gift my wife a high-end smartphone. The obvious choice for me was iPhone4 and I was just contemplating on whether to go for… Read more
New-look Gmail is Smart and Trendy, Google Has Done its Homework Well
Yesterday, I tried the new Gmail look on a suggestion from a friend. The first time, when the browser finally finished loading the new look (it took much longer than… Read more
